saturn 30th march BW

[neil phillips]

This is my second go with saturn and a new custom scope built for me by Orion Optics. My first attempt wasnt that great. these are starting to show a little more promise. DMK 21 televue 3x with extender tube. SPX 300 f6 1/12th EQ6 Mount Baarder red filter captured in y800, i noticed a couple of captures seem to show a spot in the same place as Nicks images, Ive been told its a moon. but Nicks is showing a storm is this coincedence ?

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[Doc]

Very nice indeed.

Large, detailed and sharp.

[CELESCOPE]

I really like this image Neil, although b/w it shows some really good detail , everything must have been just right to get this quality ,will u be adding colour to it later .

Rog

[Dangerous-Dave]

Amazing stuff Neil, I see you finally sorted yourself out with a DMK!

[neil phillips]

Thanks Guys, I'm having a lot of problems getting this setup to perform which I'm currently working on. These images are certainly better than my first attempt with a DFK colour camera but I'm still not happy with the way it's performing. Some of the problems can be read on equipment help

Hi Rog at some point I will be going the RGB way but at the moment I have no filter wheel or filters and want to work on image quality before doing this

[CELESCOPE]

Fair comment Neil , dont look as if you have to worry to much on the quality ehheheh that has to equal a lot of the top images i have seen .

Rog:)

[legion48]

Great stuff Neil, loads of detail there.

[Ant]

Very nice indeed! lovely banding detail.

I would kill to get detail like that!

ant

[Imahumanbeing]

Jaw dropping good pictures!

[steppenwolf]

This is excellent, Neil you certainly haven't lost the touch!

[Psychobilly]

Cracking images Neil....

Havign seen the superb Saturn and Moon images from yourelf and others over the the last few days it has confirmed what I already knew... I'm a carp lunar and planetry imager

Peter....

[neil phillips]

Thanks Steve i think the system is not right yet i have numerouse problems going on at once collimation, and other issues, but i think in time ( i might need help on this ) it may well deliver what i was hoping for.

Lol peter like anything technique and good seeing is the key. but good Equipment is so important too. get all this working. and results will eventually happen

[Darth Takahashi]

This is going to get confusing, well here goes...

Great images of Saturn, I'm also think of stepping up to one of these DMK series of cameras. I'm still using an SPC900 at the moment and its fast becoming the limiting factor... Where can I find the thread on the DMK21?

Neil H.

[Tim]

Well that's a great capture. Hope you sort out the problems.

As for the storm/moon, were the pics taken at the same time? It rotates at some pace old Saturn.

[neil phillips]

Thanks again

Not sure what you mean about thread on the DMK21 theres plenty of info on the net though, just type DMK 21au04, there amazing cameras will leave a spc for dead.

Another astronomer checked for the moon positions on the time of capture. and there was none, it seems most likely it was the storm of recent times, it can be seen moving on my captures